The totally off-topic thread

[Denali]

Im not a Karl Stefanovic fan but basically he got busted coughing about a co worker, saying that she was “sitting on the fence” and not having enough opinions..... and that she needed to “step up”.

A male co worker basically saying he needed his on air female partner to be more verbally present/aggressive and opinionated should be a good thing, shouldnt it?

Of course, he should have said it to her but overall, if I was Georgie, she can now go for it.

 

[drron]

I have clear packing cells from
Kathmandu for all my belongings, but I haven’t taken LAGS out of my Hand Luggage in about last 200 Domestic and International flights. Have not been questioned or picked up on it once. A bit like the forgotten scissors that travelled in my hand luggage without notice through SYD, CGK, BNE, TSV & CNS

Looking at their site there doesn't appear to be a 1 litre clear packing cell which you need for LAGs.Yes I generally don't take them out unless asked but with those laws in Kenya they just might ask.Also no advice on the Kathmandu site whether any plastic in those cubes.
No problems for me as I will not be going to Kenya but a lot of people could get caught by that law.

 

[ALH]

Looking at their site there doesn't appear to be a 1 litre clear packing cell which you need for LAGs.Yes I generally don't take them out unless asked but with those laws in Kenya they just might ask.Also no advice on the Kathmandu site whether any plastic in those cubes.
No problems for me as I will not be going to Kenya but a lot of people could get caught by that law.

The Plastic part of the packing cells is hard plastic. My reading of the warning was about flimsy (my terminology) plastic bags.

All the liquid and gel containers I pack in the cells would only be maximum 100ml/g each

 

[Cossie]

If you have the space get a proper rodent proof compost bin. We're luck in our council area we can throw all food scraps including bones into our green waste bin. At the end of the week I usually only have a very small bag of actual waste - the rest is recycled or composted

Same here, no green bin but we compost, so on average about 1/2 a supermaket bag of stuff that isn't recyclable goes in the bin each week.

 

[Milboo]

Yep, cross shredder for me as well.

We have 12 free council pickups per year so when my office replaced all our chairs, I had old ones delivered to my house, along with display items for catalogues, printers ect.

Almost everything was gone within hours, which I knew would happen - this is why we have 12 free pickups, because everyone is picking up everyone elses rubbish! It was crazy the number of people that stopped, we sat in the living room watching it for a while as it was amusing to see.

We get two council clean up days only and you can’t ring and arrange one either. But next suburb, in the same council area, you get 4 a year and can book one at any time.

It’s silly and no wonder people just dump stuff on the curb.

 

[Cossie]

We get two council clean up days only and you can’t ring and arrange one either. But next suburb, in the same council area, you get 4 a year and can book one at any time.

It’s silly and no wonder people just dump stuff on the curb.

Around my area more and more people are putting things out on the nature strip with a 'free' sign, this seems to work well for a lot of bigger stuff. Huge desk around the corner yesterday, gone today!

 

[Pushka]

Around my area more and more people are putting things out on the nature strip with a 'free' sign, this seems to work well for a lot of bigger stuff. Huge desk around the corner yesterday, gone today!

We seem to only get awful mattresses. Why do people have so many mattresses they need to dump. It’s a large housing trust apartment estate.

 

[JohnK]

We are meeting our sons future in laws next week and they live near Wales. Snow currently. They’ve never been to Australia. They aren’t huge travellers. They arrive in Sydney next Saturday. I can only hope they don’t arrive to 40c in Sydney. Might be their last visit.

Think it will rain in Sydney over the next 4 days and high 20's on the weekend.

 

[JohnK]

Pretty sure we all get that and which is my point when you are so concerned about the 15 cent bag levy.

LOL. Went to Coles today and bought some baby wipes and accidentally took 30 plastic bags when I went to double bag my purchase. Think I need to buy some more baby wipes tomorrow.

 

[Flashback]

Looking forward to hitting double digits in temp later this week! Spring is here!

 

[Pushka]

LOL. Went to Coles today and bought some baby wipes and accidentally took 30 plastic bags when I went to double bag my purchase. Think I need to buy some more baby wipes tomorrow.

Ah you really don’t need me to tell you that is a bit silly, do you.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Ah you really don’t need me to tell you that is a bit silly, do you.

mmm lets see. Risk of being arrested for shoplifting vs reward worth 3 cents.

 

[Pushka]

mmm lets see. Risk of being arrested for shoplifting vs reward worth 3 cents.

You can’t shoplift something that’s currently free.

 

[RooFlyer]

Edited and largely deleted as Jessica Tam has corrected me, below. But I think JohnK said he had to pay for bags earlier, so I'm not sure if bags were free or not in this case. Irrespective, I think taking more than you need, and is reasonably supplied by the merchant for the shopper's purchase is reprehensible and not a matter of 'LOL'.

If they were free, and are no longer free soon, I wonder why and who might complain then?

 

[JessicaTam]

Note JohnK said he went to "double his bag purchase" (my underlining) so lovetravellingoz's comment appears pertinent.

Actually he said 'double bag his purchase'. A common term for putting one bag in another.

 

[Denali]

Feels like a cold southerly is about to hit,I can feel a change in the airflow temps

 

[lovetravellingoz]

You can’t shoplift something that’s currently free.

So for example if you go to a pub and there is a bowl of bread rolls where the business would intend that you could have 1 or 2, you believe that you just walk off with 30?

If the bags are 100% free as you contend, why not just walk in and help yourself without buying anything?
Indeed a few of those plastic shopping baskets might come in handy to store things in the shed at home. Maybe a shopping trolley too.

I would contend that the supermarket would be happy to supply enough bags for what you purchase, including any required double bagging, but that excessive quantities would still be theft. The supermarket supplies the bags for to carry goods out of the store.

I would also tend to believe that the bags, in reasonable quantities, are factored into your purchase price and so that you are buying the as part of your overall purchase. .

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Actually he said 'double bag his purchase'. A common term for putting one bag in another.

Have yet to see some-one thirty bag an item though.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

At the risk of going off topic. One very funny "free" item that I once saw almost "acquired" was at one of professional level events that I was conducting.

During one of the speaking sessions a lady came out and went into the ladies room. I was in the expo area chatting with a few others when she re-emerged. She got half-way back towards the theatre when out popped from under her coat a large toilet roll which then, just like in the commercials, proceeded to unwind and roll out in a straight line in front of her towards the theatre door and past us leaving a white trail. Whereupon she, without batting an eyelid, veered left and went out the main door never to be seen again.

 

[Pushka]

So for example if you go to a pub and there is a bowl of bread rolls where the business would intend that you could have 1 or 2, you believe that you just walk off with 30?

If the bags are 100% free as you contend, why not just walk in and help yourself without buying anything?
Indeed a few of those plastic shopping baskets might come in handy to store things in the shed at home. Maybe a shopping trolley too.

I would contend that the supermarket would be happy to supply enough bags for what you purchase, including any required double bagging, but that excessive quantities would still be theft. The supermarket supplies the bags for to carry goods out of the store.

I would also tend to believe that the bags, in reasonable quantities, are factored into your purchase price and so that you are buying the as part of your overall purchase. .

The thing is that proof of law in court is different from moral outrage. And even check out operators double bag when needed.